Buttonhole-piece for suspenders.



A. M. ZIEGLER.

BUTTONHOLE PIECE FOR SUSPENDERS.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 24, 1912.

1,070,57 3. Patented Aug. 19, 1913.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFIQE.

ALFRED M. ZIEGLER, 0F ROXBURY, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR TO A. ZIEGLER &,SONS COMPANY, A CORPORATION OF MASSACHUSETTS.

BUTTONHOLE-PIECE FOR SUSPENDERS.

Application filed January 24, 1912.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALFRED M. ZIEGLER, a citizen of the United States,and resident of Roxbury, county of Suffolk, State of Massachusetts, haveinvented an Improvement in Buttonhole-Pieces for Suspenders, of whichthe following description, in connection with the accompanying drawing,is a specification, like characters on the drawing representing likeparts.

This invention relates to suspenders and it has for its object theproduction of a novel, simple and effective button-hole piece or tab forattachment to the end of the elastic or other form of webbingconstituting the shoulder-strap of the suspender.

Button-hole pieces or tabs have been variously constructed, and ofdifferent materials, all requiring a considerable amount of finishing tomake them presentable for the market, the finishing operation involvingan undue proportion of time and labor and thus increasing the cost ofproduction.

In my present invention I have devised a button-hole piece which can bemade at a very low cost and which, while minimizing finishingoperations, will present a neat and attractive appearance and will bestrong and efficient, and at the same time will enable theshoulder-strap to be attached to it rapidly and easily.

The various novel features of my invention will be fully described inthe subjoined specification and particularly pointed out in thefollowing claims.

Figure 1 is a front or face view of a button-hole piece embodying oneform of my invention, attached to the end of a suspender shoulder-strap;Fig. 2 is a rear view there of Fig. 3 is an edge View thereof, but muchenlarged, to show more clearly the structural features involved; Fig. 4is a perspective view of the button-hole piece, detached; Fig. 5 is asimilar view of a modified form of the button-hole piece, to be referredto; Fig. 6 is a view in elevation of the end of a shoulder-strap,notched for a purpose to be referred to.

In accordance with my invention the button-hole piece is made of wovenfabric in the form of a strip of suitable length and width, and havingcertain peculiar characteristics.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Au 19,1913.

Serial No. 673,169.

Referring to the drawing, Figs. 1 to 4, the button-hole piece comprisesan elongated body having a solid woven lower portion or Web 1 of thedesired width, provided with a central, longitudinal slit 2 constitutingthe button-hole, and as the button-hole is formed during the weaving ithas finished or selvage edges. The upper part of the body is woven toform a two-ply or tubular portion which adjoins and forms a continuationof the solid web portion 1, such tubular portion constituting a pocketinto which the end of the shoulder-strap 4: is inserted, the interioroutline of the pocket being indicated by dotted lines at 5, Figs. 1 and2, said tubular portion 3 being open at its upper end, to receive theextremity of the shoulder-strap. In weaving the button-hole piece thefront and rear walls or plies of the tubular portion or pocket 3 areprolonged beyond the mouth of the pocket and separated attheir sideedges, forming separate lips 6, 7 at the face and back, respectively, ofthe button hole piece, said lips having finished selvage edges at thesides of the button-hole piece. This separation of the lips at theirside edges enables the elastic or other web constituting theshoulder-strap 4 to be readily inserted in the tubular part or pocket 3,particularly if the shoulder-strap is somewhat wider than thebutton-hole piece. In such case the end of the shoulder-strap isnotched, as at 8, Fig. 6, so that the notched end of the strap can benarrowed or squeezed together by pressure on its edges and inserted intothe pocket, the notching preventing any undesirable puckering of thestrap at its extremity. The shoulder-strap is permanently united bystitching, as 9, Figs. 1, 2 and 3, passing through the lips 6 and 7 andthe intervening portion of the strap end, making a firm, durable andefficient attachment, and neat in appearance. Either or both of the lips6, 7 may be turned in to make a finished edge easily and cheaply, but inpractice I prefer simply to turn in the lip 6 at the face of thebutton-hole piece, as at 10, Fig. 8, thus providing a finishedtransverse edge 11 across the front of the pocket 3, the stitching 9passing through the inturned part 10, as shown. I thus obviate a rawedge at the face or front of the device,

and secure a neat finish with a minimum of expense and handling. lVhilethe rear lip 7 could also be turned in I have found in practice that itis more convenient to leave it extended, or standing, so that thestitching 9 will surely pass through the lip, and afterward the surpluslip is cut off. This leaves a raw transverse edge, but as it is at theback of the button-hole piece it is not.

seen and hence is u-nobjectionable. It will be apparent that if thepocket 3 were continued the full length of the separated lips 6 and 7its mouth could be turned 1n, all

formed, as at 12, Fig. 4 across the lip at I the desired point for thebend or infolding. I This loose line or band of weaving 1s effected inpractice by dropping that part of the warp which has been used on theface of the v lip to the back thereof, for two or more picks, thismaking the transverse band of loose or irregular weaving, indicated at12. 1 The lip folds easily on such line or band,-

and it is located close to the mouth of the pocket 3, or somewhat aboveit, according to whether the shoulder-strap will fit into the f pocketor whether it is a little wider than the pocket.

front edge 11 of the pocket.

Referring to the modification, Fig. 5, the; lower portion or solid Web13 of the button- 2 hole piece is the same as heretofore do i thebutton-hole 14: formed therein, but the tubular portion or pocket 15 iswidened somewhat, and then continued with parallel sides at 16, fromwhich latter, part extend the separated ,p'lies or lips 17,5 18. The lip17 can be made with the transi verse fold line 19, if desired, Thiswiden pocket provides for the reception of a shoulder-strap veryconsiderably wider than the solid part 13 of the button-hole piece,without requiring any squeezing or compressing of the strap to enter thepocket. The lower end of the button-hole piece can be finished in anyone of a number of ways, as by turn- 1 ing over and stitching, as shownat 20, or it can be otherwise finished, this, however, 1

scribed with forming no part of this invention.

I have found In the latter case it appears in i practice to be moreadvantageous to fold in 5 the lip at a greater distance from the mouthof the pocket than when the strap just tits 1 into the pocket. I haveindicated in Fig. 1 Q the irregular weaving at 12, which is practicallycoincident with or forms the finished be made by those skilled in theart without departing from the spirit andscope of my invention as setforth in the claims hereunto annexed.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent is: a

1. A button-hole piece for suspenders, comprising a solid, Woven lowerweb portion. havinga button-hole formed therein, and an upper tubularportion adjoining and forming "a continuation of the web portion, saidtubular portion presenting front and rear walls which are connected attheir edges thereby to constitute a pocket for reception of the end of ashoulder strap, said front and rear walls of said tubular portionbeingprolonged beyond the mouth of the pocket and disconnected at their sideedges and adapted to overlie and be secured to said shoulder-strap.

2. A button-hole piece for suspenders, comprising a solid, woven lowerweb portion having a button-hole formed therein, and an upper tubularportion adjoining and forming a continuation of the Web, to constitute apocketfor the reception of the end of a shoulder-strap, the front andrear walls of said tubular portion being prolonged and separated attheir side edges beyond the mouth of the pocket, one of saidprolongations having a transverse, loosely woven portion along whichsuch prolongation V is turned into present a finished edge.

A button-hole piece for suspenders, comprising a solid woven lower webportion having a button-hole formed therein, and an upper tubularportion adjoining and form ing a continuation of the web but of greaterwidth than the web, to constitute a shouldertrap-receiving pocket whichis closed at the sides.

4. A button-hole piece for suspenders, comprising a solid woven lowerweb portion having a button-hole formed therein, and an upper tubularportion adjoining and forming. a continuation of the web but of greaterwidth than the web, to form a pocket for the reception of the end of ashoulderstrap, the front and rear walls of the pocket being prolongedand separated at their side edges beyond the mouth of the pocket, suchprolongations constituting lips which may be folded transversely fromedge to edge and turned into the pocket to present a finished transverseedge at the mouth thereof.

5. A button-hole piece for suspenders, comprising a solid, woven lowerweb portion having a button-hole formed therein and an upper tubularportion integral with the web portion, said tubular portion presentingfront and rear walls which are into gral at their edges thereby toconstitute a Various changes or modifications in de-; I

tails of construction and arrangement may shoulder-strap-receivingpocket, said front and rear wal s of the tubular portion being prolongedbeyond the mouth of the pocket name to this specification, in thepresence of and disconnected at their slde edges, thereby twosubscribing Witnesses.

to form se arate 1i s which me be folded transversel? from e dge to edge{ind turned ALFRED ZIEGLER' 5 into the pocket to present a transversefin- Witnesses:

ished edge. JOHN C. EDWARDS,

In testimony whereof, I have signed my THOMAS J. DRUMMOND.

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